A few things to report although this has been a slow month. I’m writing this a couple weeks before the Spring Business meeting so there should be more news next report.

First off some sad news. We lost two long standing members of the association. Denny Lund and Doodle Stewart. Denny was an active supporter of the association and will be sorely missed at all our functions. I attended his funeral and it was quite crowded. A quiet fellow, he leaves a lot of friends. Rest in peace Denny. Doodle may not be known to a lot of you because he had not been active in the last few years. He attended last years rendezvous and looked to be in good shape for his age. It came as a surprise to me of both of their passing.

George Sovies estate has still not been settled. We have had indications that we will get his business but it is still up in the air. I honestly think it is being drawn out to benefit the lawyers. I was hoping it would be settled by the Spring Business meeting but at this time I’m not sure when it will finally be settled.

A little reminder about applying for a new trapping license. At the present time the process remains the same. We have a link to an application at watrappers.com.

Starting September 1st you will have to go to a license dealer to get your trapping license. You can go through Olympia after that but it will cost you an additional $105. If you get your license before September 1st you will save $5.60 as it will be going up that much when it goes to the dealers.

I have reserved a table for the association at the NTA Western Regional in John Day OR so if you plan to attend stop by. We’ll have a chair for you to set down and take a load off while we shoot the breeze.

I have a meeting in the works with the sponsor of our trapping bill but the Legislature has went into extended session to deal with the budget mess so I can’t say when it will be.